Question

Marley has a vegetable garden in her yard. During a storm, heavy rain falls. The rain runs over the garden, and some of the soil is washed away. Which term best describes this movement of soil from one place to another?

Responses

erosion
erosion

discharge
discharge

deposition
deposition

weathering
weathering

Answer 1

erosion

Erosion is the movement of soil or rock from one place to another by wind, water, ice, or gravity.